Setting up Python Environment-Installing Packages

In order to build useful applications, we need Python Libraries or Packages. Majority of such useful pckages can be downloaded from PyPI, the Python Package Index https://pypi.python.org/pypi

Best way to install the packages is by using a tool called pip. We can get pip from https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/installing.html. However, on Linux Mint, pip is already installed along with Python 2.7.12. Similarly, when I installed Python 3.5.2, pip3 tool is installed. To upgrade to latest pip, you need to run below command on terminal